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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of the riverside town of Boppart with church spires, a fortified wall, a tall tower, and hills behind.

Boppart

John William Casilear, 1842

Pencil drawing of Seville's waterfront with sailing boats, a rowing boat, a distant tower and birds in a pale sky.

Seville

Samuel Colman, 1850

Pastel portrait of a man in a pink jacket, lace jabot and powdered wig against a dark background, by Liotard.

Portrait of Wilhelmina Hillegonda Schuyt and Joachim Rendorp

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1757

Ink drawing of a sleeping girl in a floral armchair with a doll and a small dog at her feet.

Slapend meisje in een stoel

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pen drawing of three children in a garden watching a hen beside a fence, with a rose vine overhead.

Drie kinderen in een kippenhok

Nelly Spoor, 1916

Watercolor and pen sketch of a nude garden statue seen from behind beneath tree branches, with rooftops beyond a fence.

Garden View

Henri Stanislas Rouart, c. 1880

Charcoal drawing of two large trees with spreading branches and a small standing figure in an open landscape.

Woman Standing beneath Two Trees

William Morris Hunt, c. 1877

Pen drawing of an elderly woman bending toward children at a street corner shop selling milk, signed Nelly Spoor 1915.

Meisje met hond op een straathoek

Nelly Spoor, 1915

Pen drawing of a young girl with a jug on a street beside a stone wall, ivy, a gate and a street lamp.

Peutermeisje met kan op een straat

Nelly Spoor, 1918

Ink drawing of two boys in sailor suits looking at sausages and a pig figurine in a butcher shop window.

Twee jongens voor de etalage van een slagerij

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Ink drawing of three children walking under a flower arch while another child stands watching at right.

Em lopend onder een boog van bloemen

Nelly Spoor, 1916

Pen drawing of a boy driving a goat cart with a girl holding a doll, dolls riding in a red carriage, trees and a house behind

Jongen bestuurt een poppenkoets op een geit

Nelly Spoor, 1914

Brown-toned drawing of soldiers and horses in a village skirmish beside a large building and church tower, dated 1848.

Kampfszene in einem italienischen (?) Dorf 1848

Fritz Allemand, 1848

Four haloed saints stand inside a large pink and gold historiated initial with a city and blue sky behind them.

Four Saints in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook or Antiphonal

Unknown artist, 1460/80

Pencil sketch of tall trees in an open field with wooded hills on the right, under a pale sky.

Stowe, Vermont

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1858

Pen drawing of two girls looking at a bird on a mantelpiece beside flowers, with open doors to a balcony.

Twee meisjes kijkend naar een vogel op een schouw

Nelly Spoor, 1895

Pen and ink drawing of two children in costume, one with a ladder and broom, the other with a sack, by Nelly Spoor, 1917.

Han en Wim in verkleedkleren

Nelly Spoor, 1917

Pen and grey wash drawing of a hen and chicks in grass, with a rooster by a wooden fence and a hay bale.

Kip en kuikens in een omheind veld

Felix Hess, 1888

Ink drawing of three girls under a tree with panels showing a ship, marching soldiers, and a plumed hat.

Vijf meisjes, een Engels schip en Franse militairen

Felix Hess, 1888

Watercolor and pen drawing of a columned chapel with a cross on a grassy hill, trees, and a wooded valley beyond.

Kapelle am Liechtenstein

Fide, 1832

Grey wash title vignette with bust, easel, telescope and drafting tools, above a scroll reading Sketch-Book of J.E. Shadek.

J.E. Shadek Sketchbook

J.E. Shadek, 1861/1862

Drapery Study for a Standing Male Figure in Profile Facing Left

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1512-17

Watercolor drawing of a hilltop chapel with spire framed by tall pine trees and a path, dated 1832.

Kapelle auf dem Kirchberg in der Vorderen Brühl

Fide, 1832

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a fur stole and pearls beside an architectural niche.

Standing Female Figure and Ornamental Framework

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, ca. 1547-53

Pencil sketch of a small chapel with a tall bell tower, pointed spire and cross, arched windows and a stone wall.

Kapelle in Wolfenreith (NÖ)

Karl Wiener, 1942

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a kneeling bearded saint gazing up at angels among clouds.

The Vision of Saint William of Aquitaine

Giovanni Angelo Canini, late 1650s

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Hood in Profile Facing Left

Giuseppe Cesari, 1636-38

Drawing of an ornate carved column capital with acanthus leaves, scrolls, female heads in medallions and a central owl.

Kapitell aus der Kirche Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rom

Carl von Hasenauer, 1853

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing male figure in a long robe and tall crown, holding a sword, over a faint grid.

Standing Male Figure Holding a Sword (King Otto of Hungary; recto); Sketch of Standing Male Figure (verso)

Cigoli, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with white highlights of a house with a dovecote among trees, a path with two figures, and boats on the s

A House with a Dovecote and Trees by the Sea

Gherardo Cibo, 16th century

Pencil sketch of a Holy Family group with two flying angels above, drawn on pale paper.

Holy Family with Two Flying Angels

Baldassare Franceschini, ca. 1640

Pencil and wash elevation drawing of a domed church facade with central portal and flanking towers, labeled Kapuzinerkirche.

Kapuzinerkirche und Kaisergruft, Erstes Projekt, Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1898